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news The head of the Swiss financial markets watchdog has spoken out on the perceived pressure for the nation arising from Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project being based in Geneva, as well as the potential opportunities cryptocurrency tech brings. In an interview with the Neue Zuercher Zeitung newspaper, Mark Branson, director of the Financial Market Authority (FINMA), said…

news Regulated spot and futures crypto exchange Kraken has completed a $13.5 million round of financing on Bnk To The Future (BF), an online investment platform. With 2,263 participants, the campaign also represents BF’s most successful funding round by individual donors. The exchange sought the capital as a way to push its valuation past the $4…

The Turkish crypto exchange that sponsors Premier League soccer team Hull City is reportedly at the heart of a high-profile fraud scandal in the country.Yavuz Usta, the owner of exchange platform Tomya, was among 25 people detained as part of an investigation by the Istanbul Büyükçekmece Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, CoinDesk Turkey reported Wednesday.While there

feature Thousands of cheese-shaped cartoon wizards will soon duel online for a grand prize of ether tokens. Dapper Labs, the company behind the 2017 CryptoKitties craze, unveiled its newest ethereum-based gaming experience – “Cheeze Wizards” – last Friday. The game has already attracted 973 players who purchased 4,470 fighters, according to Dapper Labs co-founder Bryce…

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest PricesTop StoriesSingapore's central bank is starting to test tokenization use cases alongside major traditional finance players including JPMorgan, DBS, and BNY Mellon. The tests will examine bilateral

Dec 12, 2020 at 9:49 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 12, 2020 at 10:29 p.m. UTCBank of France’s Deputy Governor Discusses CBDC Progress, Regulatory ChangesThe Bank of France’s Deputy Governor Denis Beau speaking at the Paris Blockchain Summit discussed the progress being made with the central bank digital currency (CBDC) and touched upon possible regulatory changes and…

Cardano transactions rose as several upgrades went live earlier this year, attracting both users and developers to the network.Such metrics usually precede an increase in token prices as they indicate growing demand and usage.Cardano blockchain activity grew in both value locked and transactional metrics quarter-over-quarter amid technical improvements and a rise in developer interest, a…

Jun 24, 2020 at 16:05 UTCUpdated Jun 24, 2020 at 16:22 UTCPaxos CEO Chad Cascarilla said his company's BitLicense application was 1,000 pages long. (CoinDesk archives)BitLicense at 5: For Startups Regulated Overseas, New York Isn’t So ToughWhen the BitLicense was introduced in 2015, 15 crypto firms including international players like Hong Kong’s Bitfinex and Swiss…

Sep 24, 2020 at 19:08 UTCMarc Andreessen. (JD Lasica/Flickr Creative Commons)Andreessen Horowitz’s (a16z) late-stage venture fund has received a green light from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for a transaction involving Coinbase. It is unclear at press time whether the approval is for the fund’s previously disclosed purchase of shares in the cryptocurrency exchange…